Brick for window-sills



J. C. ANDERSON., BRIeK PoR WINDOW sILLs, e0.

Patented July 2'7, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. ANDERSON, OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.

BRICK FOR WINDOW-SILLS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,394, datedJuly 27, 1886.

Application tiled January 4, 1886. ScrialNo.187,572.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES C. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Highland Park, in the county ot' Lake and State of Illinois. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bricks for Vindow Sills, Oopings, Chimneys, Ste., of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture ot' brick for windowsills, chimneytops, copings for walls, Sec.

The object of my invention is to provide a brick for the exposed portions of the walls of buildings, which will protect the same from rain and moisture, and thus prevent the ap pearance on the facewvall of saltpeter exudations and other unsightly splotches.

My invention,therefore,consists in covering the exposed surfaces of the brick with sheet metal, as will more fully appear.

Referring to the drawings, Figure I is a perspective View of the wall of the building and a portion ofthe window with my improved brick applied as a sill. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the top ot' a wall with the brick applied as a coping. Fig. 3 is a side View of one ofthe metal-covered brick. Fig. 4 is a modification of the metal cap shown in Fig: 2.

A indicates the main body of the brick, which is preferably ot' the form shown-t'. e., thicker at one end than the other, so as to have the proper slope for shedding the water therefrom.

Bis a metallic covering attached to each individual brick, struck out ot' a piece of sheet metal, (preferably sheet-copper,) one edgei being crimped down to fit over the edge of the brick, while the other edge extends over and overlaps the edge of the next adjacent brick. One side of thc metallic plates is provided with a lug, c, which extends down over one side of the brick and is provided with a burr, b, which is forced into the cone-shaped cavities c in the side of the brick, the other side of the plate B being bent over the other side ot' the brick, as already indicated, thus securely fastening the same to the brick. One end of the plate Bis allowed to extend well lcoming in Contact with the wall.

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over the face end of the brick, and is turned down, as shown at d, to form a projecting drip-flange, which will prevent the water from The other the projecting end of the metal plate of the brick adjoining it at that end, as shown at d' in Fig. 2. This form of covering is designed for brick used in chimney-tops and for the coping of walls, and when the bricks are properly laid forms an effective covering for the walls and prevents the rain from entering the interior ofthe wall;

In arranging the brick for window-sills, the upper end of the metal plate is bent upward to fit into a recess, e, formed in the under side of the window-sill C, as shown in Fig. 4,whicl1 also renders the wall impervious to moisture at this point. By protecting the top and exposed portions ofthe wall in this manner I am enabled to keep the interior of the wall perfectly dry, and thus prevent the appearance ot' saltpeter exudations on the face ofthe wall.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

' l. A brick for windowsills, copings, chimney-tops, &c., having its exposed surface protected with sheet-1netal plates secured thereto, as described, whereby the Walls are protected from rain and moisture, as set forth.

2. A brick for windowsills, copings, Ste., having a metal plate secured to its upper side, said plate extending over the lower end ofthe brick to form a drip-flange, while the upper end is elongated to adapt it to be secured to the window-sill or to the adjacent layer of brick, as set forth.

3. A brick for window-sills, copings, Ste., provided ,with cavities c, in combination with the metal plate B, provided with a drip-tlange,

Vitncsses:

FRANK L. BLAKE, OSCAR RUNNGEEN. 

